}
 
 get_default_remote () {
-       curr_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD | sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
+       curr_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
+       curr_branch="${curr_branch#refs/heads/}"
        origin=$(git config --get "branch.$curr_branch.remote")
        echo ${origin:-origin}
 }
            origin="$1"
            default=$(get_default_remote)
            test -z "$origin" && origin=$default
-           curr_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
+           curr_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD) &&
            [ "$origin" = "$default" ] &&
            echo $(git for-each-ref --format='%(upstream)' $curr_branch)
            ;;
            refs/heads/*) remote=${remote#refs/heads/} ;;
            refs/* | tags/* | remotes/* ) remote=
            esac
-
-           [ -n "$remote" ] && echo "refs/remotes/$repo/$remote"
+           [ -n "$remote" ] && case "$repo" in
+               .)
+                   echo "refs/heads/$remote"
+                   ;;
+               *)
+                   echo "refs/remotes/$repo/$remote"
+                   ;;
+           esac
        esac
 }